A former English teacher and Colorado native, L.A. is a two-time Golden Heart finalist and Wild Rose Press author. She has served on the board of the Magnolia State Romance Writers as President and the North Texas Romance Writers of America as Membership Secretary. Her stories encompass her fascination with time theory, conspiracies and the quest for a happily ever after in dimensions that can sometimes seem worlds apart.

     

Ruby Nickname:
Time Traveler Ruby

Hometown:
Denver, Colorado

GH Year(s)
2007, 2009

Completed Manuscript(s)
3

Genre(s):
fantasy/sci-fi romance/mainstream

Started Writing:
1999

Day Job:
Teacher

For Fun:
skiing

2011 Golden Heart Finalists	Vivi Andrews	Elizabeth Baldwin	Vanessa Barneveld
Anne Barton	Elisa Beatty	Anne Marie Becker	Tina Joyce Beckett
Liz Bemis	Shea Berkley	Jennifer Bray-Weber	Amanda Brice
Lindsey Brookes	Shoshana Brown	C.J. Chase	Shelley Coriell
Louisa Cornell	Laurie DeSalvo	Elizabeth Devlin	Sally Eggert
Sharon Fisher	Kelly Fitzpatrick	Jacqueline Floyd	Addison Fox
Katie Graykowski	Yvonne Harris	Elise Hayes	Rita Henuber
Tamara Hogan	Kim Howe	Jacqui Jacobi	Cara Lynn James
Darynda Jones	Autumn Jordon	Cynthia Justlin	Laurie Kellogg
Diane Kelly	Elizabeth Langston	Kim Law	Diana Layne
Gabriela Lessa	Jeannie Lin	June Love	Gwynlyn MacKenzie
Heather McCollum	Virginia McCullough	Jamie Michele	L.A. Mitchell
Laura Navarre	Kate Parker	Bev Pettersen	Hope Ramsay
Sara Ramsey	Kelly Ann Riley	Cate Rowan	Jenna Stuart
Joan Swan	Tatia Talbot	Liz Talley	Kayla Westra
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Holding Out: Why the GH is One Factor in My Decision Not to E-Publish

Posted by L.A. Mitchell Oct 5 2009, 6:44 am in digital press, ebook, golden heart, path to publication, publishing choices

I’ve been on my road to writing’s Emerald City for a decade now.  Every so often I’m presented with a tantalizing morsel of temptation: publication.  But wait, you say.  Isn’t that your goal?  Not so fast.

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